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SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

BOGALAY, Burma -- Two months after a cyclone savaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta, in Burma's southwest, the bones of drowning victims still clutter the muddy banks of waterways.

Think only celebrities, high-ranking professionals and the wealthy can have personal assistants at their beck and call? Not necessarily. A growing number of Web sites are making it easier to outsource virtual errands overseas, making it cheaper to indulge in...

Prospective and current graduate business students who used a web site to cheat on entrance examinations over the past five years could have their scores thrown out. The exam's publisher, the Graduate Management Admission Council, is tracking down users of...

Wal-Mart stores in Arizona now stock Grand Canyon sweet onions while aisles in New York display state-grown eggplant, as the world's largest retailer says it has become the nation's largest buyer of locally grown fruits and vegetables. Wal-Mart Stores Inc....

Today's oil crisis could have been foreseen, but analysts say chances to head it off were ignored, missed or blocked.

Rising food and oil prices, global warming and Zimbabwe are on the agenda as G8 leaders gather for a summit in Japan.

BARRATT boss Mark Clare will this week attempt to reassure shareholders that he has put the brakes on its spiralling debt problems when he is expected to announced a £400m ref

CONCERNS are growing that Glasgow City Council will be unable to raise up to £100m towards the 2014 Commonwealth Games due to a decline in interest for regeneration projects.

EVERYONE'S a 10-minute expert on what's wrong with the property market. But I'm the real thing: one of a tiny minority who actually managed to exchange contracts l